We'll talk to some game designers about their creative process. How they set up their project, where they got their inspiration, and of course audience questions!
Whether or not you are a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, SFWA has the ability to help you with expert advice, tools, examples, & community outreach.
How To Get Out of Your Mom's Basement (Or Get Your Kids Out)
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Financial Planning & the Tiny House movement. A professional engineer will walk you through the steps to help achieve financial stability, allowing for housing independence. Not Boring!
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Everyone knows the stereotype of the grown gamer living in the house with their parents. Whether by design (caretaking), circumstance (job loss), or some other reason, record highs of adults (25-34) live with their parents. While not all of us are cheesy-puff eating, anime-watching, RPG playing, action figure collectors; it is true that having one's own space, under one's OWN roof, is a liberating prospect. The task seems daunting, but it can be done. This will not be boring. Financial planning and sustainability go hand in hand. and I LOVE talking about it. As a gamer myself, I founded the Green Beagle to promote financial planning education, to a goal toward environmental sustainability and helping the planet through personal green initiatives. Souvenirs for attendees.
Things everyone can do to get better dice role outcomes. Why dice do what they do, how to identify those features, & what you can do to exploit them to your advantage, without cheating!
How to get your game design to print, covering patents, copyrights, trade marks, royalties & more!
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Col. Zocchi provides information about how to get your game design into print. He covers patents, copyrights, trade marks, royalties, finding the company who knows how to sell what you have designed, the name, phone number, address and fees charged by the only Agents who are authorized to present new designs to all HASBRO game companies, the names, e-mails, addresses and phone numbers of the only 47 distributors who specialize in selling Adventure games in the U.S. Canada, England, Australia and the world, and how to get your free, unique 3 letter company identity, how to get your stock numbers, boxes, etc.
Join us to discuss what makes a great adventure module. We'll give you our perspective on what makes a module good, bad, or great, & then take questions from the audience.
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Join Joseph Goodman and the Goodman Games creative staff to discuss what makes a great adventure module. There's no "magic bullet" - even after publishing 100 adventures over the past decade, Goodman Games still has both hits and misses. At this seminar, the creative team will give their perspective on what makes a module good, bad, or great, and then take questions from the audience. By the time the seminar ends, we hope you'll be better equipped to write adventure modules that don't suck!
How to "Min-Max" Your (Financial) Adventuring Party
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Financial Planning for Gamers. Come learn about which facets of wealth management are right for your personal journey, hopefully towards a greener future.
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As gamers, we know there are ways to use the rules to our greatest advantage. While some would say it takes the fun out of the game, when it comes to financial planning, we don't really want to forsake our retirement/legacy/health for "fun". We'll be talking about things you, your parents, your children, and others can be doing to help get financially stable. This will not be boring. Financial planning and gaming go hand in hand, and I LOVE talking about it. Souvenirs for attendees. Check out my other seminars. No worries on bugging out early, I plan to wrap up early so I can get to my next game block. As a gamer myself, I founded the Green Beagle to promote financial planning education, to a goal toward environmental sustainability and helping the planet through personal green initiatives.
Join us for an in-depth discussion on how to adapt your favorite fandoms from TV, comics, & movies to tabletop role playing games for your home group!
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We will be focusing on the many flavors of Apocalypse Word hacks for the mechanics, but we may touch lightly on a few other systems. Make sure to bring questions of your own!
How can you make your gaming space more inclusive so that all types of people feel welcome? Industry Insiders discuss concrete ways to build a healthy and robust gaming community.